juvenile absence epilepsy
MONDO:0800453Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names juvenile absence epilepsy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A genetic epilepsy with onset occurring around puberty. Juvenile absence epilepsy is characterized by sporadic occurrence of absence seizures, frequently associated with a long-life prevalence of generalized tonic-clonic seizures (GTCS) and sporadic myoclonic jerks.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0800453), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
13 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Bilateral tonic-clonic seizureHPOHP:0002069
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- EEG with polyspike wave complexesHPOHP:0002392
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Generalized-onset seizureHPOHP:0002197
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Abnormality of eye movementHPOHP:0000496
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormality of the mouthHPOHP:0000153
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Generalized non-motor (absence) seizureHPOHP:0002121
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- MyoclonusHPOHP:0001336
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal emotional stateHPOHP:0100851
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- AnxietyHPOHP:0000739
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Febrile seizure (within the age range of 3 months to 6 years)HPOHP:0002373
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Myoclonic seizureHPOHP:0032794
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Specific learning disabilityHPOHP:0001328
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- Status epilepticusHPOHP:0002133
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: juvenile absence epilepsy
- Also called
- JAE